PITTSBURGH — Sean Rodriquez homered in the 12th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
Rodriguez, acquired from Atlanta a day earlier, lifted a 1-1 pitch off Padres reliever Buddy Baumann (0-1) over the left-field wall. Rodriguez spent the previous two seasons with the Pirates.
Rookie reliever Dovydas Neverauskas (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings to get his first career win.
The Pirates took two of three from the Padres after losing their past four series. Entering this series, Pittsburgh had lost eight of 11 since a six-game winning streak from July 16-21.